Like Zach Top has already proclaimed to the world…. he ain’t in it for his health. There are a lot of rising stars in country music right now, but the one who has often been attributed with bringing back 90s country is Zach Top. His neotraditional sound has tapped into a part of country music that everyone appreciates and longs to listen to, and Top’s latest two albums – Cold Beer & Country Music and Ain’t In It For My Health – have delivered a breath of fresh air to the genre. Simply put, Zach Top has shaken things up, and in a recent interview with comedian Bert Kreischer on his Bertcast, the world found out that the country singer doesn’t mind shaking things up outside of music as well. The comedian and the country star were talking about drinking and sobriety, and both came to the consensus that being sober… is a bit performative. Their words, not mine. Top insisted that people should just a) take care of themselves and b) know how to handle themselves around alcohol, and that drinking isn’t the evil thing that many portray it as: “Keep yourself healthy enough that you can drink all your life. I don’t want to be… sobriety is such a fad, trendy thing right now. The next person I hear say they got sober, I want to hit them in the head. We don’t need that. Just be a normal guy and drink a normal amount. You can do it your whole life. You’re fine.” Zach Top went on to say that there’s just something off about anyone who he’s crossed paths with that has told him they are now sober. The “I Never Lie” singer believes that many aren’t doing it to be healthy, or to take care of their body. Rather, Top thinks it’s all for the clout of being able to say you are sober: “There’s a little bit of attention seeking in it, a lot of times… just do it. If you actually feel that way, it’s a bit of a disease. People do stuff just to be recognized for it versus (doing it for themselves). There’s a difference between doing something just for the love of doing it, and then doing it so that you can post a video and get a bunch of affirmation and a bunch of likes. If you are doing it just for the love of doing it, you don’t have to talk about it as much.”  Hot take? Or reasonable thought process? I’ve got a feeling that the answer to those questions will heavily depend on who you ask. Some people take a lot of pride in their sobriety, and if their decision to cut out alcohol was considered to be a life-saving move, more power to them. But I suppose that Zach Top has a point… there’s a lot of people out there who went sober for no other reason but to be able to tell others about it. There’s also a lot of folks out there lately announcing their sobriety journey like they were drinking a handle a day… when the reality is that they just stopped drinking on the weekends like your average person. It certainly seems like going sober is the trendy thing to do these days, and more power to you for doing it, but it’s not that inspirational in most cases. Now, if you have a serious problem with alcohol, then by all means, please get the help you need… and I’m sure Zach would applaud that as well. Those are the type of people that Zach Top (and Bert Kreischer) have a problem with, and you can hear them talk more about it in the video below: The post Zach Top Isn’t Buying Into the Sobriety Fad: “Just Drink a Normal Amount… You’re Fine” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.